James Garner, RIP

[Leeway]

Actor James Garner has passed away:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/james-garner-leading-man-of-film-and-television-dies-at-86/2014/07/20/878167f4-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/20/showbiz/james-garner-death/index.html?iref=allsearch

For me, Garner will always be "The Rockford Files." Loved that show back in the day!

[Scott Dolan]

Wow, that kind of shocked me to read. I saw tons of Rockford Files when I was younger.

[Dan Gould]

Sad news. In addition to enjoying his work, I always felt a personal connection due to the fact that Garner was on-screen host for a documentary that Dad's company produced called The Presidents. It debuted during the bicentennial ... I never did ask Dad how he got Rockford involved, but it was a pretty cool thing when I was 11 years old, to say that my Dad worked with and knew Jim Garner.

[sidewinder]

RIP - Certainly remember 'The Rockford Files' back in the day. It was ubiquitous on TV but in a good way.

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP.

[JSngry]

Maverick, Rockfish, Polaroid, Victor/Victoria, he was one of those guys who was there when I got here, just figured he'd always be there.

RIP, and thanks for a large body of very enjoyable work.

[paul secor]

It's hard to tell from an onscreen persona, but I had the impression that he was a pretty good guy. I'm glad he was around and active for such a long time.

Thank you, Mr. Garner. You'll be missed and remembered.

[GA Russell]

Maverick is one of my very favorite shows, top three for sure.

And my favorite Maverick episodes featured Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., as Dandy Jim Buckley. We lost him a few weeks ago too.

RIP.

[Chuck Nessa]

Jim Garner, Isaac Hayes and Stuart Margolin - a dream team. Sleep well Rockfish.

[johnblitweiler]

Jim Garner, Isaac Hayes and Stuart Margolin - a dream team. Sleep well Rockfish.

And Joe Santos.

He was so cool as Dr. Bob next to the intense James Garner in "My Name Is Bill W."

[kinuta]

Watched him just the other week in The Americanization Of Emily.

He'll always be Maverick to me.

R.I.P.

[GA Russell]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/07/20/movie-television-legend-james-garner-dies-at-86/?intcmp=trending

[JohnS]

Sad news, always a pleasure to watch.

[Neal Pomea]

Loved him in The Great Escape.

[Scott Dolan]

Maverick, Rockfish, Polaroid, Victor/Victoria, he was one of those guys who was there when I got here, just figured he'd always be there.

RIP, and thanks for a large body of very enjoyable work.

Oh yeah! I forgot all about those Polaroid commercials he did with Marriette Hartley back in the 70's and early 80's. Edited July 21, 2014 by Scott Dolan

[gmonahan]

I thought he did his best work in Hallmark specials, especially "The Promise" with James Woods. Also "Heartsounds" with Mary Tyler Moore. A really fine actor.

gregmo

[GA Russell]

There's a huge amount of his work available.

http://www.oldies.com/performer-view/James-Garner.html

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A2625373011%2Ck%3AJames%20Garner

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=James+Garner&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AJames+Garner

[BruceH]

Like most people of my generation, I was a big Rockford Files fan, but I also caught some repeats of Maverick during one or two summers. Garner was so charming. RIP

[Shawn]

As far as I'm concerned Garner was about as hip as you can be. I used to watch Rockford Files when I was a kid and he was an early hero of mine.